FYI my haters gonna hate post was not directed at your assessment of Malachi, it was the comments about the locals where you said they were laughing about him being a McDonald's AA. I've had numerous people from NJ tell me that they've heard people bad mouth the likes of Battle and Briscoe. It seems to be a lot of sour grapes going around imo, but maybe due to these players statuses the expectations are for these players to be perfect every night. What I think some have to remember is that a lot of these rankings are based off future projections and upside. What some might expect the player to be now because of their high ranking, most likely won't be the case until years later when they fulfill that potential.
Like I told cuseguy, always feel free to voice your opinion because a difference is always good to have in a discussion. I guess the issue that most have is not the actual assessment, but it seems like all the negative stuff is very personal when quoting the locals and such. It seems like there is a good amount of people that are hoping he fails on the next level. Not saying that's you.
Lifelong SU fan so I certainly hope he succeeds. Not a lot of kids from my home area have played hoops at SU so why wouldn't I want him to do well? I quoted a few locals cuz they had the exact same opinion as me. I fail to see how that qualifies as a personal attack.
Let's put it this way. If 10 of the most knowledgeable fans on the SU hoops board went to the Ewing/TCA game the other night and I asked them their first impression of MR after the game- minimum 8 out of 10 would say he doesn't play hard. It's that stark.